BULLDOG SPORTS ROUND UP: Dawg Fish fall to Waverly-Lansing Catholic

The Ionia boys swimming and diving team fell to Waverly-Lansing Catholic Thursday night by a score of 118-74.

Earning first-place finishes for the Bulldogs were Patrick Wood in the 200 Individual Medley (2:11.12) and Riese Penn in Diving (192.8).

Second-place finishes were picked up by Skyler Fish in the 200 Free (1:51.21) and the 500 Free (5:07.78) and Peter Pelon in the 100 Free (55.1).

Pelon (50 Free), Luke Van Ess (100 Back) and Brice Brown (100 Breast) all took third.Ionia's lone relay win came in the 400 Free Relay by the team of Wood, Conner Arnold, Pelon and Fish (3:33.23).

Ionia will host Eaton Rapids on Thursday in its final home meet of the season.

Bowling

Ionia 24, Corunna 6 (Girls)Corunna 17.5, Ionia 12.5 (Boys)

IONIA — The Lady Dawgs handed the Lady Cavaliers their first loss of the season Thursday night at Ionia Bowl 300, while the Bulldog men had a solid effort outdone by the Corunna men.

In the girls match, Ionia (7-1) won both regular games by scores of 844-798 and 952-940 to earn eight team points. They also received two points for having the highest series (1,796-1,738) and one four out of the 10 individual match ups to take a 14-6 lead into the Baker Games.

Like in the regular games, Ionia won both Bakers by scores of 170-179 and 167-155, and earned the highest two-game total (337-294) to earn all 10 Baker points.Stacy Andrakowicz led the way for Ionia with a 214 game while Kendra Beutler finished with games of 209 and 201 for a 410 series.

Brianna Thurlby bowled games of 192 and 206 for a 398 series, and Jessa Delo shot a 195 and 190 for a 385 series.

Corunna's Sierra Howes bowled games of 235 and 202 to Corunna with a 437 series, while Alaina Fisher bowled a 216.

In the boys match, the Bulldogs continued to put up strong numbers, but on Thursday Corunna got a 300 game from Triston Brooks and a 279 from Steven Runyan as the Cavs picked up the win.

Ionia (5-3) took a 6.5-2.5 lead after the first game, earning a 1,162-1,057 win. Brooks and Runyan both bowled their big games in the second and teammates Frank Pavka and Michael Anders added games of 249 and 219 respectively to give Corunna a 1,230-1,016 win.

Corunna took the two points for highest two-game total (2,287-2,178) to build a 11.5-8.5 lead.

In the Bakers, the Cavs won the first 214-194 while Ionia took the second 233-215. However, Corunna's 429 series bested the Bulldogs' 427, giving the visitors six of the possible 10 points.

Brandon Linderman threw the high game of the night for Ionia, bowling a 258 in game one. He also added a 201 for a 459 series. Ryan Bennett threw games of 247 and 232 for a 479 series, while Brandon Mulder threw games of 242 and 188 for a 430 series and

Spencer Flint bowled games of 233 and 179 for a 412 series.Tyler Evens threw a 216 game as well.

Both Ionia squads will be back home at Ionia Bowl 300 on Tuesday to take on East Lansing.